GREAT professor. Attendance mandatory (he does random checks) but you can miss a few days and still be fine. Tests are SUPER hard but very doable with studying. I didn't study much for the first test and made a C+. Studyed HOURS for the second and third and made a 97% and a 99%. Got an A in the class. Do the extra credit. Study HARD. record the lectures or take very good notes. Study groups really helped too becuase the tests were VERY specific and we all had different details/facts written down..so it helped to share all of those. He'll give you a list of terms and you really have to know ALL of them forwards and backwards. Write your essays beforehand, he gives three prompts and picks one. In my opinion, he always picked the hardest one..so know them all!

Really knows his stuff. I found this class invigorating- many professors claim they want a class discussion format then sort of take over. Professor Andersen saved at least 30 minutes per day for class discussion. Because the material is so relevant to today, we never ran out of things to discuss. I also liked the books that were chosen for our reading material- relevant books written not as textbooks but as general consumer books.

Anderson is a great professor! He involves the class in helpful discussions and assigns relevant and fun to read texts. The exams are simple enough if you've done the readings, attended most lectures and done the reviews. The reviews are spot on as far as what the test will cover. He gives you three possible essays and one shows up, so that makes things easy. Tons of extra credit opportunities. Wonderful class, you learn a lot and is very enjoyable! Great teacher, he really is.

This class was extremely interesting. Professor Anderson is very well-spoken and passionate about the subject. The TA was also very helpful and accessible. Both the Professor and TA seemed interested in helping students out. Each week, students were expected to read about 100 or so pages from a book and write a 1-page response based on a question posted on Blackboard- the responses were graded pretty easy. Then, once a week Professor Anderson would encourage class discussion about the topic of the week. I learned so much. I'm glad I took the class

Dr. Anderson is an excellent professor. His lectures are clear, interesting and concise. But you have to go to class in order to do well on the 3 tests and final paper. There are 5 books that you will read, but you are only required to read certain sections of each book, which makes the work-load much more manageable. Tests cover lecture material for MC questions and book material for the essay portion. Loved this class!

Anderson is a very interesting professor. He chooses several books for students to read and has a class discussion every friday. This is primarily a lecture class so take good notes because the exams are based off of the books and lectures. There is also weekly reaction papers. Overall it was a pretty easy class.

Professor Pittz is very engaging as a professor, even though he tends to talk quite fast. There was a short reading response due each Friday over the current book we were reading, and they're graded easily. He takes a random attendance 5 times over the semester so it's best that you don't skip. Tests are not ridiculous at all, it's 20 simple multiple choice and an essay that is chosen out of 3 prompts he gives you earlier in the week. I would recommend Pittz to any IRG student wanting to take this class!

Professor Pittz talks a little more quickly than some professors, and he rarely uses power points, but his lectures are fairly well structured and they go well with the assigned reading. He's also very approachable. As long as you've done most of the reading and go to most of the classes, you'll be fine for the tests (1/2 multiple choice, 1/2 essay, pretty evenly split between lecture and reading material). 5 random attendance checks, weekly reading responses, and extra credit opportunities make for an easy A.

In general, not too difficult of a class. 3 tests worth 20% each, 5 attendance checks worth 1% each, 10 reading responses worth 1% each, and a final paper worth 25%. Also, he gives you chances to get up to 3 points of extra credit on your final grade. The course I took with him was the first one he had ever taught so he was a little inexperienced, but he still did a good job teaching the material and the topics were usually interesting and not too hard to understand.

Professor Pittz tends to avoid using powerpoints and talks a little faster than many professors during lecture, but he's also much more engaging. He's fairly laid back and teaches well. He's been one of my best professors so far.
There are about 10 reading responses, but they're fairly easy and cover key topics in the readings. He takes attendance randomly (5 times throughout the semester), so it's better not to skip. The tests are straightforward (1/2 multiple choice, 1/2 essay), and fair to easy (if you missed lecture/didin't do the reading, you might miss a couple of the multiple choice, but you get the potential essay topics beforehand). As long as you do most of the work, it's an easy A.

we had a simple reading response due each week, but it wasn't difficult. as long as you skim the reading you can figure it out. the tests were challenging, but there was a split between MC and one essay so it was good for both types of learners. the lectures were interesting, he conveys the information really well.

Great introductory class to American foreign policy theory. Holmsten is a very kind and knowledgable professor, though I thought she prepared for her lectures a little *too* closely which led to a strange speaking style (weird grammatical flubs, etc). I found my TA to be more naturally knowledgable. But, Holmsten is fair with grades. All tests are part multiple choice, part short answer, nothing surprising. 5% of your grade is attendance checks, so if you show up for those, that's an extra 5 points to your grade, and you can get up to 3 points of additional extra credit for attending outside lectures. The final paper is worh 25% I think, so if you make an A on that, you're golden by the end of the semester. I made an A in the class and didn't even really read the additional books unless I needed a certion portion to answer a reading response.

Good professor. She made the topics interesting and involved people in the class. Exams were fairly straight forward while the papers required slightly more time. The class was not difficult as long as you pay attention to the class discussion topics and skim the readings. I would definitely recommend her and want to take more of her classes.

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